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BBC Radio Norfolk Special

The Network That Never Was

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio NorfolkLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Norfolk

Paul Hayes tells the story of the birth of the BBC's East Anglian radio service in the 1950s, and the 1961 "Radio Norwich" pilot.

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Sam Cross
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Barton
Interviewed Guest:
Matthew Chipping
Interviewed Guest:
Dr Matthew Linfoot
Interviewed Guest:
Dick Robinson
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Battle
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Bell
Interviewed Guest:
Gillian Harrison
Interviewed Guest:
Gillian Ford
Interviewed Guest:
Marigold Lankester
Speaking in 1983:
Frank Gillard
Reader:
Kim Riley
Reader:
Bob Carter
Reader:
Peter Cook
Special thanks:
Norfolk Sound Archive
Special thanks:
Clapham & Collinge
Special thanks:
BBC History
Producer:
Paul Hayes

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